The Sopranos is fiction at its most brutally realistic form, addressing the harsh world of the mafia with nods to real-life crime families. Situated just outside the elite stature of New York City's ...

Frank Sinatra had the voice of an angel, but whispers of a devilish side followed him all his life. Though he laughed off rumors of Mafia ties and dodged congressional investigations, eyewitness ...

Long Island has always had deep, real-life Mafia ties by way of operations conducted by the likes of the Lucchese, Gambino and Bonanno crime families. For filmmakers Chuck and Polish-born spouse ...

CORLEONE, Sicily — Decades before Mario Puzo borrowed its name for his novel about a ruthless Mafia family and Marlon Brando brought "The Godfather" to life with a throaty voice, Corleone — the town, ...

Growing up as the son of an Italian immigrant in the 1990s, the word “mafia” has been in my lexicon for as long as I remember. It was unavoidable in that era. Media at the time was filled with images ...